Skills for Life Realising the Benefits

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Skills for LifeRealising the Benefits

• Anthea Hockly
• Head of Workforce Planning Education Training
• South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation
  Trust

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Timeline

• 2000- 2003
• Establishing a progression pathway for
  pre-professional workforce
• 2004-2006
• Establish skills for life partnership with FE
  College and embed in education pathways
• 2006 2007
• Extend pathway to include Entry level
  Foundation Degree
• 2007 onwards
• Work to extend awareness increase uptake

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Establishing the Progression Pathway

• First work-based Access course
• NVQ Centre established
• Progression onto professional training
• Sign the Skills Pledge

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Raising Awareness

• Skills for Life Administrator appointed
• Awareness raising exercises in Trust
• Partnership with local FE College
• Embedded SfL in in-house courses
• SfL assessments offered

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Extending the Progression Pathway

• Extended SfL courses to include entry level
• offered courses to service users
• Extended progression pathway to include
  Foundation Degree
• Encouraged more learners to progress to Level 2
  qualification

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Embedding Awareness

• Offered City Guild SfL Awareness Certificate
• Supported e-learning sessions to encourage IT
  skills
• Work to recruit more Union Learning
  Representatives

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What Next?

• Maintaining momentum
• Keeping senior managers up to date
• Regular updates via internal communications
• Interactive training Moodle site

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Obstacles

• Time !
• Staff release
• Understanding the issue
• Size of organisation

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Benefits

• Staff retention
• Morale
• Productivity
• Safety/reduced risk
• Growing your own workforce
• Role development/Flexibility
• Staff engagement
• Personal Development

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Questions

• Where is your organisation on the timeline?
• What could you do in the next year?
• What would be the obstacles and benefits?

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Regional Skills for Life Group

• Links with Public Service SSC Alliance
• Links with Unions, LSC, ACER
• Discuss strategies, projects, resources
• CONTACT
• anthea.hockly_at_southessex-trust.nhs.uk